I arrowed this one this morning at 8:15 off the edge of bedding. It was a pretty unreal hunt with the recurve.
I had a 110-120 inch 9 point come in this morning and stayed out around 50 yards. He headed off into the bedding cover and I didn't think too much of it. About 20 minutes later I seen a shooter just briefly but wasn't sure exactly how big.
Later on that morning, I heard some commotion and here came that same little 9 pointer, but this time he walked up under my tree and was acting nervous. He looked back from where he came and there was a bigger buck which I think was the shooter I spotted earlier. Here is where it gets crazy.....The bigger buck turned and started coming at the little buck and snort wheezed at him when he took off running a bit. At this point, the big buck is also under me and I had to freeze and let him walk behind me. I turned in my saddle as he approached a shooting lane; I drew back picked a spot and released the arrow! The shot was true and hit him in the heart putting him down within eyesight.
It was an awesome deal killing one traditional; he was my first trad kill!!
I owe my buddy Keb on here for helping me get setup with traditional; he got me shooting good fast and really helped me cut my learning curve. The guy is first class and knows his stuff with traditional and bowhunting alike. I think he is as proud as I am
Anybody ever see bucks use the snort wheeze early like this? That was a first for me. Only thing I can think of is they were starting to breakup from their bachelor groups and maybe getting a bit testy.
Thanks for reading!
